A day after his former principal secretary Gerry Butts offered an first extended, on-the-record account of what transpired during the months leading up to then-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignation from cabinet — including a categorical denial that senior political and government officials pressured her to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin criminal prosecution — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to hit the stage at the National Press Theatre to offer what the Canadian Press’ “well-placed sources” say will be an acknowledgement that “mistakes were made.”

He is not, however, expected to back away from his assertion that “there was no unethical or illegal behaviour involved,” but will instead “attribute the controversy to a breakdown in trust and communications between his office” and the former attorney general.

“Insiders believe Butts offered a credible counter-narrative that now allows the prime minister to say both sides thought they were doing the right thing but a breakdown in communications between them led to the rupture,” the report notes.

“In owning some responsibility for the mistakes, the sources said Trudeau will essentially be offering a way for Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to walk back their professed loss of confidence in the government, rejoin the Liberal team and move on with the heavy agenda he hopes to accomplish before Canadians head to the polls in October.”

He’s slated to deliver a far less qualified apology when he arrives in Iqaluit later this afternoon. He’ll join representatives from the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to express official regret — and take retroactive responsibility — for the treatment of Inuit with tuberculosis.

“Between the 1940s and 1960s, nearly half of Inuit in the eastern Arctic were taken from their homes to southern Canada for treatment of the disease, often without their consent or an explanation to their family,” CBC News reports.

“Many never returned.”

Along with the apology, Trudeau is expected to outline plans for a database that will give Inuit access to the medical records of tuberculosis patients, so that they can finally find the gravesites.”

Later this evening, he’ll join Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O’Regan and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett for a “community feast” at a local high school.

Back in Southwestern Ontario, meanwhile, both Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh are set to rally their respective supporters at party-organized events, starting with a mid-afternoon appearance by Singh in downtown Toronto, where, as per the notice, he’ll “discuss the need for better public services” alongside local MPP Jessica Bell and former New Democrat MP and future candidate Andrew Cash.

For his part, Scheer hits the hustings in Kitchener to outline his vision for “a Canada where everybody can get ahead” in Kitchener.

Also on the Ontario circuit today:

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna continues to tout her government’s “climate action” — and particularly the new “Climate Action Incentive payment” — in Sudbury, where she’ll drop by a local United Way tax clinic and hold a “town hall event” with local Liberal MPs Paul Lefebvre and Marc Serre to “talk about Canada’s climate plan” with Laurentian University students.

Meanwhile, Employment Minister Patty Hajdu pays a visit to the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association to share new details on how her government intends to “improve the integration of highly skilled newcomers into the Canadian labour market.”

Finally, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale pays tribute to former New Democrat leader Tommy Douglas at an afternoon ceremony to unveil a new plaque at the T.C. Douglas Building in Regina to “commemorate the national historic significance” of a “skilled politician and advocate for social justice” who, as the advisory notes, “is an icon closely associated with the implementation of …. universal, Canada-wide public health care.”